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dilly
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The setup:
You're a film director, planning a feature film where train travel is a major plot element.

The question:
Which five railroad stations (Amtrak, Commuter, or abandoned) would you use for exterior or interior location shooting?

Here are mine. . . .

Grand Central Terminal -- New York, NY (ex-New York Central, ex-New Haven, ex-Amtrak; now Metro-North)

Portland Union Station -- Portland, OR (ex-UP, SP, NP; now Amtrak)

Hoboken Terminal - Hoboken, NJ (ex-Erie Lackawanna; now New Jersey Transit)

Buffalo Central Station -- Buffalo, NY (ex-New York Central; now abandoned)

San Bernardino Station -- San Bernardino, CA (ex-Santa Fe; now Amtrak and Metrolink)

Need inspiration? Start here: http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/stationlist3.htm

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Mr. Toy
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I'm gonna assume its a 1950s period piece and select those stations which still look like they are stuck in the 1950s or earlier (that doesn't necessarily mean they are pretty or anything.)

Denver Union Station, CO
Salinas, CA
Grand Junction, CO
Klamath Falls, OR

I can only think of four.

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PullmanCo
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MAJOR CITIES:
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Washington, DC Union Station
Ogden Union Station

SMALLER CITIES:
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Depot, Abilene, Kansas
Union Pacific Depot, Abilene, Kansas
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot, Parkville, Missouri

MISSION STYLE REQUIRED:
Southern Pacific Station, Santa Barbara, California
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Station, San Diego, California

Others in the running...
Union Pacific Station, Salt Lake City
Western Pacific Station, Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Denver Union station
Union Station and CB&Q Station complex, Omaha, Nebraska

John

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